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July 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Bill Direen – A Memory of Others: Film

Bill Direen: A Memory of Others Director: Simon Ogston Bellbird Pictures Simon Ogston is making the New Zealand music/arts docos where you can’t believe your luck – your favourite cult act, finally, is being correctly, lovingly examined. At a previous film festival it was his take on The Skeptics – and his work returns to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Memory of Others, Academic, Art, Artist, Arts, Bellbird Pictures, Bill Direen, Bill Direen - A Memory of Others: Film, Bill Direen: A Memory of Others, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Dunedin, Film, Film Festival, Film Review, Guitar, International Film Festival, Movie, Movie Review, Musician, NZ Film Festival, NZ Tour, Poet, Sheen Of Gold, Simon Ogston, Skeptics, Songwriter ·

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July 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston

Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator.  Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands.  These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird, Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues and Sheen of Gold. His latest film is about Bill Direen, A Memory of Others and it screens at this year’s New […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Memory of Others, Antarctic Angels and The Unknown Blues, Back To The Future, Bell Bird Pictures, Bill Direen, Cherry 2000, Director, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Filmmaker, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston, Gone With The Weird, http://www.bellbirdpictures.co.nz/, Movie, Movies, NZ International Film Festival, Raising Arizona, Rumble & Bang, Sheen Of Gold, Simon Ogston, Special Guest, The Trump Presidency ·

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July 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Simon Ogston

Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator.  Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands.  These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird and Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues.  Simon’s latest film Sheen of Gold tells the story of Skeptics, and screens as part of this year’s New Zealand […]
Posted in Blog, Special Guests · Tagged Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Sheen Of Gold, Simon Ogston, Skeptics ·

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